Interactive Markov Chains The Quest for Quantified Quality /

• Main Author: Hermanns, Holger (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2002.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2002.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2428
• Subjects: Probabilities.; Software engineering.; Computer logic.; Computer system failures.; Computers.; Mathematical statistics.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Software Engineering.; Logics and Meanings of Programs.; System Performance and Evaluation.; Computation by Abstract Devices.; Probability and Statistics in Computer Science.

Markov Chains are widely used as stochastic models to study a broad spectrum of system performance and dependability characteristics. This monograph is devoted to compositional specification and analysis of Markov chains. Based on principles known from process algebra, the author systematically deve...

Table of Contents:

• Interactive Processes
• Markov Chains
• Interactive Markov Chains
• Algebra of Interactive Markov Chains
• Interactive Markov Chains in Practice
• Conclusion
• Proofs for Chapter 3 and Chapter 4
• Proofs for Chapter 5.